A driver who killed two passengers, including his brother, while speeding has been jailed.

Scott Fitzgerald, 37, was driving over the 30mph speed limit when he hit a wall in Forest Road, Woodhouse, at around 18:20 GMT on 3 October.

The collision caused the car to rotate into the path of an oncoming vehicle before coming to a stop, police said.

This led to the death of his brother, Shane Fitzgerald, 29, and fellow passenger, Daniel Witheridge, 36.

Fitzgerald left the scene of the collision but was located by police a short time later and arrested. While under arrest, Fitzgerald also assaulted an officer.

Fitzgerald, of Manor Road, Loughborough, pleaded guilty in November to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of assaulting an emergency worker

He was sentenced on 19 January at Leicester Crown Court to a total of nine years and nine months in prison. He was given an additional month for assaulting a PC.

At the sentencing hearing, he also pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood following the incident.

Police said he will be disqualified from driving for eight years after his release from prison.

Det Con Charlotte Wright, of the force's serious collision investigation unit, said: "Fitzgerald never set out that day with the intention of killing anyone - but his choice to go considerably faster than the speed limit - has shattered two families and not only resulted in him being sent to prison, but also having to live with the devastating consequences of his actions."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-68068008

On 23/01/2024 08:02 pm, Simon Mason wrote:
> A driver who killed two passengers, including his brother, while speeding has been jailed.
>
> Scott Fitzgerald, 37, was driving over the 30mph speed limit when he hit a wall in Forest Road, Woodhouse, at around 18:20 GMT on 3 October.
>
> The collision caused the car to rotate into the path of an oncoming vehicle before coming to a stop, police said.
>
> This led to the death of his brother, Shane Fitzgerald, 29, and fellow passenger, Daniel Witheridge, 36.
>
> Fitzgerald left the scene of the collision but was located by police a short time later and arrested. While under arrest, Fitzgerald also assaulted an officer.
>
> Fitzgerald, of Manor Road, Loughborough, pleaded guilty in November to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of assaulting an emergency worker
>
> He was sentenced on 19 January at Leicester Crown Court to a total of nine years and nine months in prison. He was given an additional month for assaulting a PC.
>
> At the sentencing hearing, he also pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood following the incident.
>
> Police said he will be disqualified from driving for eight years after his release from prison.
>
> Det Con Charlotte Wright, of the force's serious collision investigation unit, said: "Fitzgerald never set out that day with the intention of killing anyone - but his choice to go considerably faster than the speed limit - has shattered two families and not only resulted in him being sent to prison, but also having to live with the devastating consequences of his actions."
>
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-68068008

What was the chav-cycle connection?

There's nothing about it in the above quoted text.

QUOTE: Police said he will be disqualified from driving for eight years after his release from prison. ENDS

An EIGHTEEN YEAR long driving ban then - excellent news for everyone!

On 24/01/2024 11:17 am, Simon Mason wrote:

> QUOTE: Police said he will be disqualified from driving for eight years after his release from prison. ENDS
>
> An EIGHTEEN YEAR long driving ban then - excellent news for everyone!

Now we KNOW that you have learned to count and add/subtract up to five
because you have just told us that.

But you're obviously not yet anywhere near counting as high as twenty.

Keep at it.

You'll get there in the end.

Probably.

QUOTE: Scott Fitzgerald, 37, was driving over the 30mph speed limit when he hit a wall in Forest Road, Woodhouse, at around 18:20 GMT on 3 October. ENDS

Were his parents trad jazz fans by any chance?

JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
> On 24/01/2024 11:17 am, Simon Mason wrote:
>
>> QUOTE: Police said he will be disqualified from driving for eight years
>> after his release from prison. ENDS

>> An EIGHTEEN YEAR long driving ban then - excellent news for everyone!

> Now we KNOW that you have learned to count and add/subtract up to five
> because you have just told us that.

> But you're obviously not yet anywhere near counting as high as twenty.

> Keep at it.

> You'll get there in the end.

> Probably.

And he was doing so well up to that point…

--
Spike

QUOTE: Scott Fitzgerald, 37, was driving over the 30mph speed limit when he hit a wall in Forest Road, Woodhouse, at around 18:20 GMT on 3 October. ENDS

Are any of these walls that are getting hit so often wearing hi-vis paint?

On 24/01/2024 08:20 pm, Simon Mason wrote:

> QUOTE: Scott Fitzgerald, 37, was driving over the 30mph speed limit when he hit a wall in Forest Road, Woodhouse, at around 18:20 GMT on 3 October. ENDS
>
> Are any of these walls that are getting hit so often wearing hi-vis paint?

Sure he wasn't just a chav-cyclist and nothing more than that?

They often hit stone or brick walls when they lose control of their
chav-bikes.

QUOTE: While under arrest, Fitzgerald also assaulted an officer. ENDS

Not a good move, son - the beak take a very dim view of that.
Go to jail, do not pass go.